Smoke-consumer.



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Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

J'. S. GREEN.

SMOKE CONSUMER.

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JGHN S. GREN. OF PHILADELPHIA, I PENNSYLVANI.

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To all wlwm 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN GREEX, a

i' eitizen of the United States. and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelv Specific-ation of Letters Patent.

Application led Hoven-ibex' 26, 1909.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

seriai No. 529,908.

l ing removed. and scale enlarged. Fig. 5 is phia and State of Pennsylvania, have nenlarged, detail sectional view, showing more clearly the manner in which in v improved circulatory balIle-wall is preferably` attached vented certain new and useful Improveinents in Smoke-Consumers. which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices ofv that vclass connuonly known as smoke consumers. the function thereof bean enlarged, detail sectional view, showing more clearly the relative disposition of the intake conduit and the superheatinf,r diS- 'ributer which I make use of. Fig. 6 is on to the opposite side-walls of the fire-box. l"i 'i' is a detail vien' showing in frontele- -.ation m v improvedl superheatmg dis- 'y trimmer. and in section the parts supporting the practical consumption of products of combustion. particularly in the. forni ot' smoke. and as produced in the fire-box of a steam or heat generator.

The object of this invention is to provide a smoke. consumer which shall be simple and g comparatively inexpensiveas regards eonstruction;durable. reliable, and of marked -etiieieacy in practical service; which shall embody means whereby may he conveniently ing :he same. Fig. a view showing in persptw-tive and detached the superheating distributor which I make use of, a portion of the upper section' thereof being broken away.

` 'hile I have shown my improved smoke consuiner'as applied to a heat and steam generator of the loig'omotive type, which esi sentially con'iprises a tire-box and boiler. it

cllected the introduction to and into the re- 1 box of asteain or heat generator of a supply of a superheated tiuid, as air, and under various degrees of pressure, as the user may elect: and which shall possess certain 'well defined advantages over prior analogous constrinftions.

The invention consists in the novel combinations. details and parts whereby. together with the novel relative arrangement Y of said parts, the attainment of the foregoing object is rendered practicable, all of which will be hereinafter more specifically referred to and set forth in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference-numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, as to which: Y

Figure l is n. plan view of a smoke consinner einlmdying my said improvements` the saine being shown as applied to a steam. generato" of the locomotive type, and the -roof of the ahin and external .fasiug of the latter being removed and partially broken.

away. respectively. Fig. is a rear end elevation nl' the construction shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view of saine. niainl;r in longitudinal section along the line .fr-r of Fig". 2. Fig. 4 is a transveise section thereof, as along the line g/-g/hf Fig. l, the easing bewill he apparent that the same is applicable to other formsl of heat and steam generators, and likewise to constructions available for the generation of heat alone, its prime `time tion beiner that hC-reinbefore stated.

llence. in a general sense. my p:esent invention comprises a tirehox: an intake Huid-conduit leading outwardly from the in-- tcrior of said tire-box and along; the external .surface thereot. within the fit-ld of heat radlating therefrom, thus obtaining a measur able action of heat on the tluid primarily moving` inwardly b v way of said conduit; and means For superlieating` said incoming lluid immediately prior to its entrance or discharge into said fire-box.

lt further comprises. in a general sense, 'A

a tire-box and boile': an intake fluid-conlitit;"':ii'raiiged as above stated willi reference tu' the fire-box. and preferahl extending externally along said boiler, within the field of heat radiating from said tire-box and boiler: and a subsidiary conduit, leading' from an appropriate supply of a fluid under pressure. as -said boiler, or a tank or cylinder 'containing Yair under pressure, und communicating withsaid intake tlnid-conduit. .I

lt still further comprises. in a general sense, a lire-box: means` for act-umulatine und primarily measurabl)Y heatingr a suppli of atun'ispheric air t'o'j ultimate delivery into saidfire-box: means for superheating.

, .said air immediately prior to its entrance or delivery into said tire-box; and a circulatory baille-wall, the latter arranged within said fire-box and serving to dirert prodius of combustion in the. direction of said iucoming. superheated air.

has a suitable rear wall. opposite side-walls t2", 2"'. a front wall 4. and the usual crownsheet- 'l'; and as here shown, it is mainly o l inclosed by a portion ot the boiler-shell 4 suitably removed therefrom. and formingf at its opposite sides, ends and top a circulation space '5'. which communicates with the interior of the boiler 5. proper, the latter being provided with a series of ihres 5", as in common practice.

6 denotes an intake.fluid-conduit, leading outwardly from the fire-box 2. through the rear wall thereof and the contiguous portion of the boiler-shell et", thence turned upwardly and extended externally along, and iii close juxtaposition to. the rear portion of said boiler-shell, and thence, iii this instance, turned and accordingly extended, and terminated at a suitable point forwardly, along the upper surface thereof, thereby foi-ming an initial intake portion, said conduit being provided at its free end, by pre terence, with a flared or funnei-shapcd mouth-piece, U'.

,Henc'e, the conduit 6 occupies a position, -it E all times, within the field of heat radiating directly from the boiler atorenamed, and.

in this instance, indirectly from the tire-boi: 2. This is important for the rearon that the fluid, as atmospheric air, primarily entering and moving or flowing inwardly along said conduit, becomes neasurahlj heated in advance of its reaching the fire-box aforonanied. In this connection. and with a View to enhancing the volume of the incoming;

luidfwhich shall be. thus subjected to the action of the heat radiating from the boiler here shown, extends along the top of the boiler 5, a sinuous, or other analogous, an-

proprlate form, substan' ially as indicated in "ifr. 1 of the drawings.

It is desirable that the incoming, nieasun' ably-heated fluid be superheated just prior to its enti-ance into the fire-box, and accordingly I (provide a superlieating distrib-titer 7 forme frommaterial. as fire-bric! ada pb ed to withstand a high degree of heat, and preferably comprising flattened, box-*like sections formed `scpaiatelv and thereafter joined together, as under the application of heat, thereby forming an elongated expansion chamber, hai-'ing an inlet opening 7', 1 Yinto which snuglyprojects and fits the inner end of the conduit (i, and haring at its oppo- S thereof.all as clearly shown in the drawings. lhe area of the expansion chamber aforeiiamed exceeds the total area of the delivery opening or openings 7".

The su erlieating distributor aforenanied is seated id its own gravity on a circalatory support S, and is horizontally disposed withg in the irc-box in a plane sdmewhat above the door 2', and transversely along the innei' f. C lace of the rear wall of said fire-box, with its expansion chamber arranged parallel i with said support. s llie support 8 consists of tubes having a ends. with the opposite sidewalls of the reg box, being arranged continuously crosswise within the same, near the rear wall and above the fucl-bed\thereof, and hence, for 'the circuiation of water tlierethrough,.is in constant communication with the space 5',

action of the intense heat generated within said tire-box.

The foregoing advantage is materially enhanced by providing, as I do, said distributer with a face, here shown as the rear face thereof. adapted to ahnt. fairly against. the

adjacent wall, here shown as the rear wall. of said fire-box. said distributor face being, accordingly, adapted to conform tosaid wall. whether the saine be arranged verti cally, or arranged at an inclination as indicated in the drawings. t The distributer aforenamed spans and rests by its own gravity directly on said support. and is formed with a downward extension S' fitting between and partially surrounding the members thereof. this con` struction insuring the holding of said distributar against displacement forwardly along th# interior of said tire-box.

lVii'i the construction thus far described vif the fire-box and boilerl he moved for l wardly, as on wheels along track-rails, a pescribed course. or otherwise. and at a greater i or less raie lof speed. atmospheric air Vwill enter thc conduit 6. at its free end. more inl war-"y tt. realoiig and at the same time re i ceive i;- ire or less heat from the boiler i then pass into the distributer, where it is i superlieatcd, and then, in this superlieated ,condition enter the .fire-box 2. where it lservcs to supply oxygen for the practical l ,desirable that means be'povided for divert- I ing or detiecting more or less of such prodnets of combustion, particularly such as' are site side a delivery opening or pluralitythis construction best serving to resist the.

Q consumption of the products of combustion produced in the latter; and here it becomes ss water-tight juncture, each at. its' respectiie i i i i produced al. flic foi'a'ari portion of said fireliox, liacliu'aidly in tlirdirection of be iiicoi'iiiiipf suia'rlieatcd air. iliiinl ins-uriner a more liorouggli uoiiiiniiigiing o1" Said inconi4 ing. Supei'lirati-d :iir aviili said products of 9 combustion. Iii this connection l make use i of a eiruulatory baille-wall il. preferably iii the forni of a. rectangular` liox-iiife sir-iu:- tiii'e, arranged traiievci'aely wiiliiii die lire-V liox. near tii-'i front wall l thereof, and inclined upvraidly and rearwardly therefrom. Tlie u'all 9 Surrounds at it.`v opposite end# Suitable oiieniiigs formed one iii eaoli of tlietl walls 2". 2', and is alim-lied to tlie latter wail at its opposite end. in any iiianner suitable to ati'ord a watertight juncture. as by iiieane or' rivete. as in coiniiioii practice. i Qaid ballic-u'ali being approximately tiaiiged at its'y opposite ends to permit tbc use of Sucli rivets, as indicated in tlie di'au'iiige. Henne. and for tlie cir-' '.iilatiou of water lliereiiirougfli; tlie lialiie-uali Si iQ in constant com irfunicatioii witli ilie .si ic the saine as tbe l Support S: and this circulation feature iuii portant. in that it enables l aid l'iafile-wali lo i eii'eeluallv res-isi tlie action of tluheat gener ated witliin tlie fire-box. and for :i unich E greater period of time iliau it would in lluabsenee of 4aut-li circulation fzituie.

ln addition to tlie function. above stated, of diverting or :li-fleeting' `ezines and products of combutiou. (lie initiie-wail f) lendsuniti riaily to prevent any unconsuiued products of combustion from interferingiv willi or destroying tlie draft needed for (be tire-linx. as by liiiilin;r their wav directly into. and i in time more or less choking. llie fines 5". :is will be readily iiiulerstoud. A snai-e S" i left between tlie bottoni of saidbalile-wall and tlie fire-lied and the uali 4, for ininnii draft pui-pones; outpraetieally tlie Wliole of the produc's of combustion will more upwardly from tbe fuel-lied. reai'uarjlly of tlie baille-wall 9, as indicated by the arrows iii l"i 3. thus intersecting tlie course of, and coiuniiiigliiig u'itli.l tlie iuconiiiifg fluid.

It is further desirable that means )e proi vided for-accelerating tlie iiirusii of tiuid to i tlie lire-box 2. by way of tbe conduit G zmd particularly when iny improved .smoke consinner is appiied to a steaiii or beat generator of ,tliestationary type, or to a lieat und steam generator capable nf being moved from place. to place, tlioug'ii aiv rest; and iii l this connection I provide au accelerating drum intersecting and iii direct rouimuiiiciation with. tlic conduit (i. coiiwtil ating` -f as it were, an enlarged segment tliereo'. :ind l .here shown as disposed at tlie rear end of the boileri, above the door 2'.

11 denotes a siil'riidiary conduit, here I shown as establishing communication bevtween-tbe compressed air cylinder il' and g the drum 10, the same being controlled by i means of anv appropriate valve, a's 11". l

. ifliaiy ronduit. :la` 12, for tliis latter l'lie conduit l] may lead fron: any appropriate source, of .steam under suitable pressui-e. a.; (lie boiler or an additional subpurl pose, may be provided, sicani under substaii- 7;;

tial pressure, or air under siibsiaiiial pressure. eitlier or both. being.: accordingly reudeied available, al. tlie option of, and when E ieiiuii'ed by, tlie user.

I purpose to nialic use of a duplicate set of il'ie parts liereiiibefore described as involved g iiiore particularly in the delivery of superlzeaied tiuid into tlie fire-box '2, and liencc have sliou'n sueli duplicate parts and def-iig iiaied tlie saine by like characters. `Afl i u'liere sueli duiilicate parts are made use. of,

I pui-pose lo interconnect tbe saine, is by i means of an intei'iiiediaie conduit 12', .leadin;r from one ot' the druins 10 to tlie other and establishing communication between 'S5 tlienit'ie valve l1", iuidersucli an arrangement of duplicate parts. being' of the tivo- \\'fi.\ type.

in practice, atinosplieiie air will eriter.tlie tire-box if, by way of tliel conduit `l` oven when `"aid fire-box is: at rest: it will enter said fire-box viali :iii ilu-reused velocity ulieri the saine, i.; iii motion. a on wheels, for: u'ardlj: along any paiticular course: and lie velocity of suoli incoming air inay lie iiiate- 9 r'allv enhanced,l under all conditions of tlie fire-box. tliat is, .vlietlier in motion. an oii wheel?. or at. rest. by properly adjustingf tlie valve 11". so as to iicrinit fluid under pressure. as from tlie air-cylinder l1'. to eii'er tbe drinn 10".

By llie foregoiner use of a fluid under pressure a uetion is created within tbe .'ree end poi-tion of tlie conduit (i. tluis causing; an inrusli of atmospheric air which eoziuningles with tbe fluid under pressure aforeiiauied. and is thereby conducted witli a liigblv enf banned velocity. to and info tlie distributor i, for supeilieating. and from tlieiu-e into tlie lire-box Q .wtliisI operation taking place simultaneously in the duplicates-ets ot' pantl aforeiiaiiied` where tlie saine are used and interconnected as tated, and valve 1l is of the two-way type and properly adjusted. all as u'ili beelearlv understood.

-The drum 10 may be of any appropriate construction, althou'gli I have sliou'ii tbe lsanie as consisting of a hollow body to wliicli may be riveted, or otherwise secured, a cap or cover 12; and Where a casing, as 9. is

employed, tlie saine may be :suitably cut 4 i i A 975,688

inder l1', usually a permanent fixture there` of, it is contemplated to make use only of air from said cylinder undcra degree of pressure in exress of that required for braking or other train purposes; and by pxiovit'llng l l l i means for accelerating the inrush oftiuid to and into the vrehox :5; for heating and snperheating auch incoming lluid; andi incidentally, prat-tieallv permanent 'ineans for dclleeting Tn'o'ftuets` ot' combustion into the path of such incoa'ting tluid. the elliciency of my improved consumer is materially increased. while at the same time wide variations in the velocit).v ot' sm'hfineoming fluid may he conveniently had. as the user may tinfl desirable in praet ice. llenee: it will he seen that my improved .smoke comuna-r is particular!)-v well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended: and it will also be seen that the .same may he modified to a considerable extent. partieularly as regards the specitie eonstrurtion of the drum 10". the speeitic constructitm ofthe distributer 7. and other minor details. without materially departing from' the spirit and prineiple of my invention.

Iclaim:

1. tu combination with a tire-box and boiler. the former having a water-space extending along.r the top and downwm'dly along the opposite. sides thereof. a tubular support. arranged routimtonsl)r cross-wise in said tire-box. near the rear wall and above the fuel-hed thereof.` and eounnnnicatiug at its opposite ends with the water-spare a forenamed: a holow distrilmter. forming an l elongated expansion chamber haring a contraeted discharge opening. said distrihuter being replaeeabl .st-ated by ito\\ngra\'it,\', dirertly on .said support. with its expansion chamber arranged parallel therewith. and held by said support against'l forward displacement: and meansl'or rondueting outside air to and into said expansion ehatnber for ultimate delivery into `said tire-box.

. ln eoinbinatiou with a tire-box and boiler. the l'ormer haring a water-spat-e e.\' tending along its top and downwardly along the oppodte sides and rear end thereof. a tubular support. arranged continuously i erosswise in said tire-box. near the rear wall Vand ahove the fuel-bed thereof. and comtion thereto, and carries atl its free end a Vtlared month-pieve.

It. lneomhinat ion with a fire-box andhoiler, the former haring a \\'ate1"-pace extending along its top and downwardly along the opposite .sidesl and rear end thereof. a tubular support.,arranged continnou.-l cro swise in said tire-box, near the rear wall, and above the fuel-bed thereof; and communicating at itsopposite ends with the 'ater-spaee aforenamed, a super-heating distribiner. seated by its' own gravit): directly upon, and held again-t forward displacement by. said sup port; and a lluid intake ronduit. the latter establishing,r eommunieation between said distributer and the outside air, and comprising an initial intake portion whieh extends sinuously along thc top of said boiler, lies wholly in close juxtaposition thereto, and carries at its free end a flared mouthpiece.

4. In -eombination with a fire-box and boiler, the former having a 'ater-.spaee extending along the top vand downwardly along the opposite sides thereof. a tubular support. arranged eontinuonsty erosswise 'in said tire-box. near'the rear wall and above the fuel-hed therco and communicating at its opposite ends with the water-space afore- .numedg a super-twating distributer. forming an elongated expansion ehamber having a eontrarted discharge opening. said distribnter being replaeeably seated by its own gravity dii-eetl)r upon lsaid support. with its expansion chamber arranged parallel therewith. and held by said support against for ward displacement: an accelerating drum, arranged exteriorly of said boiler, and adapted to receive outside air; a conduit establishing communication between said drum and said distributer; and a valve-controlled subsidiary conduit, the latter establishing communication between said drum and a suitable .supply of fluid under pressure.

5. In combination with a tire-box and boiler. the .former having a water-s ace extending along its top and downward y along the opposite sides thereof. a tubular support arranged eontinnously erosswise in said tire-box. near the rear wall and above the fuel-bed thereof. and eon'.nnmieating at its Tiposite ends with the vater-spare aforenamed; a super-heating distributer. foriniug an elongated expansion chamber having a contracted discharge opening. said distrihnter being replaceablr seated by its own gravity Vdireetly upon said support. with its` expansion chamber arranged parallel therewith. and held b v said support. ainst forward disphu'ement.: and an intact. hollow box-like battle-Vall. the latter arranged rontinuously erosawise within said tire-box. removed smnewhat rearwardly from the flue-sheet thereof. inclined upwardly and remwardly therein, and freely communicating at opposite points with the llt" water-spaoe aforenamed, said battle-wall being adapted to deiect all products of combustion arising within the area defined by its rear face into the path of the fluid incoming by Way-of said distributer. Y

65111 combination with a fire-box havinfr a water-space at the opposite sides thereo a pair of tubular supports arranged parallel, one with the other and continuously cross- Wise along a -horizontal plane, within said fire-box, near the rear wall and above the fuel-bed thereof; a sectional, super-heating distributer, seated by its own gravity directly on said supports, respectively forming an expansion chamber having a contracted discharge opening, and having a portion projecting downwardly between said supports and engaging one of them at its rear side, whereb said distributer is held against forward isplaccment; and accelerating means for insuring the introduction of outside air into said distributer, the area of the expansion chamber aforenamed exceeding the area of lthe discharge opening thereof. Y

'i'. In combination with a fire-box, a hollow support consisting of tubes arranged l continuously crosswise therein, near the rear whereby communication is established between said distributer and the outside air. JOHN S. GREEN. Witnesses:

' G. HERBERT JENKINS,

FRANK JAMOUR. 

